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By Prof. Erata
Background: While carrying on a final rearguard against the Allied air forces, the Luftwaffe continued to fight fiercely with its determined pilots and its remarkable fighter aircraft, one of which was the Focke-Wulf Ta 152H. The only unit which used it, the Stabsschwarm JG 301 (JG 301 Staff Formation), won a few kills with this aircraft, one on 14 April 1945.
In the words of Ofw. Reschke:
"Two enemy fighters were spotted some eight kilometres to the south-west of the field, making low-level passes over Ludwigslust railway yards. Three Ta 152 took off at once, piloted by the Oblt. Aufhammer, the Ofw. Sattler and myself. We were immediately in contact with the enemy fighters, which turned out to be Tempests. Flying in n°3 position, I witnessed the Ofw. Sattler ahead of me dive into the ground seconds before we reached them. It was hardly possible for his crash to have been the result of enemy action, as the Tempest pilots had clearly only just registered our presence. Now began a fight at two against two at the ground-level, which was never to climb above 50 metres. At this altitude neither could afford to make the slightest mistake. And for the first time since flying the Ta 152 I began fully to appreciate exactly what this aircraft could do.
"Pulling ever tighter turns, I got closer and closer to one of the Tempests, never once feeling I was even approaching the limit of the Ta’s capabilities. When he flicked over onto the opposite wing I knew his last attempt to turn inside me had failed. My first burst of fire caught the Tempest in the tail and rear fuselage; its pilot immediately engaged its aircraft in a starboard turn, giving me an even greater advantage. I pressed my gun buttons a second time, but after a few rounds my weapons fell silent and refused to fire another shot. However, the Tempest, which had already taken hits continued desperately to twist and turn, and I positioned myself so that I was always just within his field of vision. Eventually, inevitably, it stalled. The Tempest’s left wing dropped and he crashed into the woods immediately below us, about one kilometre of the site from Sattler’s crash. The Tempest pilot, the W/O O.J. Mitchell was buried side by side with the Ofw. Sattler next day in Neustadt-Glewe cemetery with full military honours".
Map: Ground Terrain.
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Luftwaffe |
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2x Ta 152H-1 |
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RAF |
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2x Tempest V |
Set Up: Place the Ta 152Hs in hexes 1925 and 1926, wings level, facing NNW, altitude 0.1, and speed 7.0. Place the Tempests in hexes 4018 and 4019, wings level, facing S, altitude 0.1, and speed 7.0.
Game Length: see below.
Special Rules:
Additional Rules: Pilot Quality - The Germans are both veterans-aces. The Britishes are regulars.
Source: Focke-Wulf FW 190 Aces of the Western Front, by J. Weal - Osprey Publishing.
CONCEPTION: Christophe MASSUYEAU
Bar-le-Duc - FRANCE - 1997
E-mail: prof.errata@wanadoo.fr